Livestock and Poultry Waste

The cattle and poultry breeding are the vital branches of agriculture which overall pro­duction is closely associated with population and its living standards. Local demand on their production grows with the increase of the population density. Partly there­fore a shift toward larger farms which do not produce their own forage is observed recently in this sector; it made the manure disposal issue very important. Its mis­handling leads to bacteriological contamination of ground waters [17]. Meanwhile manure is a biomass and it can be used as a renewable energy source.

The manure composition can significantly vary depending on disposal technolo­gies, even if it is produced by the same group of animals. Therefore, determination of average composition of waste demands separate investigation. Here, for example, cow and chicken manure will be studied.